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confederate

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adj/kənˈfɛdəɹət/
  1. 1

    Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy

  2. 2

    Banded together; allied.

    • All the swords / In Italy, and her confederate arms, / Could not have made this peace.
    • Hour after hour, remote from the world's throng, Work, contest, fame, all life's confederate pleas
  3. 3

    Confederated.archaicobsolete

    • Remember as thou read'ſt, thy promiſe paſt : I do repent me, reade not my name there, My heart is not confederate with my hand.
    • And it was told the house of Dauid, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim: and his heart was moued, and the heart of his people as the trees of the wood are mooued with the wind.
noun/kənˈfɛdəɹət/
  1. 1

    A member of a confederacy.

  2. 2

    An accomplice in a plot.

    • By'th'vvay, vve met my vvife, her ſiſter, and a rabble more Of vilde confederates : […]
    • He found some of his confederates in gaol.
  3. 3

    An accomplice in a plot.; An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.

    • So how do you win the imitation game? “Just be yourself,” a past confederate advises Christian. But what does it mean to “be yourself”?
verb/kənˈfɛdəɹeɪt/
  1. 1

    To unite persons or states in a league, confederacy or conspiracy; to ally, league.ambitransitive

    • With them the gods were confederated to break barbarian arrogance.
adj
  1. 1

    Of or relating to the Confederate States of America.historicalnot-comparable

    • Yes. Jeff Sessions, Trump’s Attorney General and the unfortunate result of Dobby the house elf’s one-night stand with the Confederate flag, got in trouble this-, (enjoy!) got in trouble this week for undisclosed meetings with Russia’s ambas
  2. 2

    Of or relating to the political movement in favour of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.historicalnot-comparable

  3. 3

    Of or relating to Confederate Ireland or the Irish Confederate Wars.historicalnot-comparable

noun
  1. 1

    A citizen of the Confederate States of America.historical

    • In fact, I heard everything in the world except that the Confederates lost the war. When I was ten years old, it was a violent shock to learn that General Lee had been defeated.
  2. 2

    A supporter of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.historical

  3. 3

    A supporter of Irish Catholic self-rule during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.historical

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